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J. K. ULEARY.

NEGKTIE OR ORAVAT FASTENING. No. 356,680. I Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

ATTEST. 5 J QAM/(JJQ WM Unrrnn STATES PA'rnNr rricn.

JAMES R. GLEARY, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRIGT OF OOLUIYIBIA.

NECKTIE OR CRAVAT FASTENlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,680, dated January 25, 1887.

. Application filed November 20,1896. S01lfllNO.2l9,-l53. (No mdel.l

To all 1071 0122, it may concern:

Be it known that l, Janus K. GLEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie or Gravat Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cravat or necktie fasteniugs; and it consists, substantially, in such features of improvement as will hereinafter be more particularly described and claimed.

The fastening embodying my invention is designed to embrace the shank of the collarbutton worn in the neckband of a shirt at the throat of the wearer; and the object of the invention is to provide a simplified fastening, by which the tie is prevented from rising up too high, and also prevented from moving about or around the neck.

Further, the invention has for its object to provide a device of the character described, which shall enable the tie or cravat to be held or maintained in such position as to cause the collar-button to which it is attached to be exposed to view in instances where such is de sired.

Finally, the invention has for its object to supply a fastening of this character, which shall secure the tie or cravat in place in such manner that no strain is ever exerted thereto from movements of the bodyof the wearer, thereby avoiding discomfort, and also over coming other inconveniences heretofore ex- I perienccd in the use of many former inventions for a like purpose.

Before proceeding with the description of my invention 1 would state that I am aware that there have bcendevices patented heretofore having in view like objects as the present; but in many such instances some have proved ineffective, while others are too expensive of manufacture to place them at a cost compatible with the uses required of them.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention pertains may know how to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describeits construction in connection with the accompanying drawings, whercin- Figure 1 represents aporspective view of a necktie-fastening embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 representsa side view; Fig. 3, a plan View; and Fig. 4. is a view illustrating its use and showing the manner in which the same acts to hold the tie in a position to expose the collar-button. Fig. 5 represents a front view of a modified form of the fastener preferably employed by me in some instances. Fig. 6 is a side view,and Fig. l aplau view, thereof before being bent into shape.

Referring to the fastening by the several letters, A represents a piece of wire or other material, which is first bent about centrally, as at a, from whence its two portions, 1) b, are brought about parallel to each other as far as the points 0 c, where they are branched out wardly and curved around toward each other, forming almost complete half-circles d (1, their extremities then being branched slightly apart, as seen at e c, forming each a compound curve by which the device is readily guided around and away from the shank of the collar-button. By this construction it will be seen that the device will have imparted to it sufficient springiness or elasticity to cause it to close around'the button-shank when placed thereon, and to easily separate or divide when being detached therefrom.

To that part a, I solder or otherwise secure a pin or other suitable device, B, for engagiug the back of the cravat or tie, and which is preferably brought outward or away at a slight downward and forward inclination, as shown, by which to he more readily in sorted. At the point of juncture or connection of this pin B with A a small enlargement or shoulder, g, is formed, for the purpose of preventing the pin penetrating too far into the tie, thus keeping the portions 2) b free to act in yielding to the slight force required to attach the device to the button anddetaoh it therefrom.

In practice I prefer that the part A shall be made as flat as possible, in order not to occupy much spacebetwcen the tie and collar, as otherwise in instances of use of the device with the ordinary opera tie the tendency would be to cause the tie to bulge or set too far out.

It is obvious that deviations may be resorted to in the form of the pin 13, since the generic feature of my invention is a necktiefastening adapted for attachment to and de tachment from a collar-button having a pin for engaging and holding the tie.

By reference to Figs. 5, 6, and 7 it will be observed that the fastener is constructed of a single piece of flat metal, slit for a major part of its length and formed with a bifurcated shank for embracing the shank of a collarbutton, While its opposite end is fashioned into apoint or'pin for entering the necktie. This form is in all respects identical with the one hereinbefore described, the slit -n thereof imparting the desired degree of elasticity to the bifurcated shank, and. inbending or returning the device upon itselflin the manner shown, it is intended that this slit shall terminate at the point from whence the pin is turned or It is also intended that branched off, as at 0. the point at which the pin is branched or turned downwardly shall be brought opposite the center of the opening that receives the shank of the collar-button, and it is evident that in this way the bifurcated shank may be slipped around the collar-button between the two ends of the collar and be thereby of itself prevented from turning to one side orthe other,

and in rising the necktie will push against the point of the pin.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 I claim as new,'and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture,

a necktie-fastening provided with abifurcated In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

JAMES K. OLEARY.

Witnesses:

CURTIS LAMMOND, E, EVERETT ELLIs. 

